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IS Offshoring: Essays on Project Suitability and Success: 73 2010th Edition
Author(s): Markus Westner (Author), Prof. Dr. Susanne Strahringer (Foreword)
- Publisher: Gabler Verlag
- Publication Date: 27 Oct. 2009
- Edition: 2010th
- Language: English
- Print length: 305 pages
- ISBN-10: 3834920460
- ISBN-13: 9783834920461
Book Description
Markus Westner examines the IS offshoring phenomenon from the perspective of German companies. Based on interviews with industry experts, he identifies evaluation criteria for selecting projects for offshoring, and examines determinants of IS offshore project success in German companies based on a statistical analysis of 304 projects using structural equation modeling.
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From the Back Cover
Information systems (IS) offshoring describes the transfer of IS services to an offshoring service provider in a near or far away country. It has received growing attention in the past and there is a strong momentum in shifting IS services abroad. Markus Westner examines the IS offshoring phenomenon from the perspective of German companies. He first provides an overview of the current literature in the field of IS offshoring. Based on interviews with 47 industry experts, evaluation criteria for selecting projects for offshoring are identified. Finally, the author examines determinants of IS offshore project success in German companies based on a statistical analysis of 304 projects using structural equation modeling (PLS).
About the Author
Markus K. Westner earned his doctoral degree from the European Business School under Prof. Dr. Susanne Strahringer’s chairmanship. He lives in Munich and works for an international management consultancy based in Boston.
